Three losses and you're out! Kean will be axed if he fails to deliver again at Blackburn

Blackburn manager Steve Kean will be fighting for his job if he loses the first three matches of the new Championship season.

Last season, as a columnist on a Singapore paper, the club’s new director of football, Shebby Singh, called for Kean to be sacked.

And he said: ‘If, after three games, we have dropped nine points, then we’ll only have a 50 per cent chance of getting promoted.

Three strikes: Steve Kean (right) could be sacked if he loses three games on the trot

‘I was possibly one of the worst
critics [of Kean] last season. I’m sure the manager didn’t like me much —
but I say it as it is.

‘I am working with the infrastructure that is
already there and people need to prove to me that they can do their
jobs.’

Kean has overseen signings such as Danny Murphy from Fulham

Blackburn, relegated last season,
begin their Championship campaign away to Ipswich before home games
against Hull and Leicester. Kean has signed seven players in the summer,
including Leon Best for £3m, Danny Murphy on a free and Dickson Etuhu.